(ANSA) - New Delhi, November 5 - The international tribunal
that will handle the dispute between Italy and India over two
Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012
has been set up at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The
Hague, an Indian government source told ANSA on Thursday.
The board of arbitrators was nominated administratively as
no agreement was found between the two parties, the source said.
Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are
accused of killing the fishermen after allegedly mistaking them
for pirates and opening fire on their trawler while guarding a
privately owned Italian-flagged oil-tanker off the coast of
Kerala on February 15, 2012.
Latorre has returned to Italy after India granted him
medical leave last year.
Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said on Wednesday
that at the first hearing of the tribunal Italy would submit a
request for Girone to also be able to return to his homeland.
Hague court to handle Italy-India marines dispute-source
Italy to submit request for Girone's release-minister